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Judge Estee Decides Two
Admiralty Cases
One Way'
CUUBHIE KESMHSIltt
' FOR THE COLLISION
Decision Holds With That of Hawaiian
Coarts in Cue of Owners of
the Deatrojed
Vessel.
In the District Court of the United
States, In and (or tho District of Hi
Mull, Judge Estee this morning render
ed a decision In the two admiralty libel
cases: J. S. Low', llbellant, vs. the
steamship Claudlne and the Wilder
Steamship Company, a corporation,
llbellcc; and John Plltz, llbellant,
against tho same defendants.
The first named llbellant sued as
asstngee for the value of the cargo of
the barkentlne William Carson, sunk
by collision with the Claudlne, and the
second one as master of the William
Carson fqr trie value of personal ef
fects of himself and wife lost In the
vessel.
The decision Is against the libelees
lritoth cases, agreeing In Its law and
reasoning with the decisions of the Ha
waiian courts' In the' case bf the own
ers, pf the William Carson against the
same libelees.
Judge Estee fully reviews, and quotes
largely from the testimony, among oth
er things saying:
"It Is uncontradicted that 'It was s
full minute after the sounding ot the
steokner'a whistle on the Claudlne, be
fore flhe '"truck theCarson: that the
Claudlne sailed over 1000 feet a min
ute; that she could have stopped within
..five hundred feet but did not do so.
Even the captain of the Claudlne testi
fied as hereinbefore referred to. that he
'thought It was possible to stop be
tween the Bounding of the whistle and
the collision. What was possible to
have been done to avoid a collision
should have been dono, and throws
upon the vessel responsible for the
omission the liability for the damace
resulting from the collision.
;;jhe statute laws of the Republic
ofillawnll on the subject of navigation
nrc as severe as those of the United
States, nnd the decision of the Supreme
Court of Hawaii are marked by a
broad and enlightened advance step on
this subject. See the case or Pacifi:
NaUgatton Co. vs. Allen, 7 Hawaii
Hep. 12, and Hind eC al. vs. Wilder
Steamship Co. (not yet reported) wh'ire
the Court especially defended 'the
weaklings of the sea,' the sailing ves
sels, from being run down either b)
, the'carelessneBs'or mistakes of steam
vessels, and maintained the naviga
tion laws In all their strictness.
"The fact that there was no regular
lookout on the Claudlne, and tho extra
ordinary behavior of the second mate
In leaving the deck twice, while acting
as the officer thereof, when an un
known light was in view, seems to be
In keeping with the utter lack of disci
pline on the steamer. This was par
ticularly noticeable when, after tho
collision, tho second mate, McNeil, wis
ordered to lower a boat to save the
people of the Carson. He testified : 'I
went to hunt up the natives; they wore
here, there and everywhere; but after
a while we got men enough together to
man n boat,'
"Such an utter lack of dlsclpljne on a
sea going vessel carrying passengers
UE OFFER FOR SALE
"the home of C.J,Flshel,
corner of Lunalllo and Pilkot
Streets, 8 room house, elec
tric lighted. 3j6 feet of
frontage.
Price $7,000.
Also the adjoining 6 room
house, with lot 41x200.
Price $4,000.
McCIellan, Pond & Co.
Tel. Main 69. Judd Building.
rah have no excuse, and Is simcfptlbU
Df tin sfmlosj- What If both vessels
lisrl been Injured (which was a most
possible thing) and both In a sinking
rendition, aad no time was alien to
'hunt up' the sailors nt the Claudlne?
"'Owners of TrwsjU and especially
those who own and employ steamnhlpl,
whether propellers or sldewbeel strain
ers, must see to It thstriie mantel a
and other tinkers Intrusted with their
control and mauagemest are skilful
and competent to discharge their ilit
tles, so In rase of a -disaster tike the
present, both the oireers and the vel
vets are responsible tor their want of
skill and negligence; and this m
msrk Is Just M applicable totha
under officers, whether the' BsaM1 or
second mate, as to the master, during
all the time they hae charge of the
deck.' (Chamberlain vs. Ward, 21 How.
U. B. SC1-S.)
"In conclusion the Court holds that
the William Carson was sailing
southwest course, and all the time
showed her starboard side to the
Claudlne; that her lights were proper
ly constructed and placed and were not
obscured so as to be Invisible to tho
Claudlne, but thit the ssme weic
brightly burning on the night of th
collision, and were lslblo from a point
dead ahead to two points abaft the
beam for a distance of two miles; that
the Claudlne did not have a lookout
on tho night of the collision, which fact
contributed to tho accident; that the
second mate, while acting ns officer if
tho deck of tho Claudlne on the night
of the collision, after decr ing the mov.
Ing lights of the William Carson,
against all precedent, twice left his
post of duty and went below; that the
Claudlne did not slow down, stop or re
verse, or change her course In time to
avoid the collision, when she could
have done- so; that the Claudlne at
tempted to cross tho bow of the Wil
liam Carson when she was In motion
and when such action would neces
sarily lead to a collision; that It the
Claudlne did not observe the green
starboard light ot the William Carson.
It was clearly the fault' of the second
mate acting as officer ot the deck of
the Claudlne; that the William Car
son did not contribute at all to the
collision, but that the same was due to
tho negligence, and unskilful naviga
tion of the steamship Claudlne, for
which the aald steamship and her own
era are liable.
"Let a decree be entered in favor of
J. 8. Low the llbellant for t0S0, with
Interest and costs from the date of the
collision; and In favor ot John Plltz.
llbellant, for the sum of $1162.80. the
value of tho articles proven to have
been lost by him. together with Inte--
est from, date of collision and costs.
"Nothing Is allowed the llbellant In
the case of Plltz vs. Wilder Steamship
Co. et al.. for the personal effects pro
en to have belonged to his wife, as It
does not nppear to tho Court that ha.
was authorized to sue for or maintain
an action for the some."
Paul Neumann for llbellants; Kin
ney, Dallou & McClanahan for libelees.
McBRYDG OPTION.
C. H. W. Norton left In the Mlower.t
last night on his way to London whlth
er ho Is bound with 1600,000 worth of
McDryde stock on which he has an
option at par. His endeavor will of
course be to place this amount on the
London market and, In the event ot
his success, there will be a noticeable
Jump In tho stock here.
Mr. Norton Is to be Joined by Col.
Ocorge W. Macfarlane who will accom
pany him "to London, As Mr. Macf.ir
lane knows all the most Important
business men In that city, his presence
will be of the greatest value In the
disposition of the stock. Mr. Norton
knows no one there and so, ot course
ho will have to be guided entirely by
what Col, Macfarlane advises.
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'Business Progress.
"There's-nothing succeeds like suc
cess" goes the proverb and accordingly
the establishment of Jas. Nott t'10
plumber should go ahead with leaps
and bounds.' Ho has a large corps of
competent mechanics always at work
and Is doing a rushing business. He has
just moved his establishment down
town to a location on Fort Btreet op
posite the Club Stables, where he will
be In closer touch with the business
community. Here he has on display
a completo line ot up to date plumbing
supplies of all kinds to suit all tastes
and purses. In making estimates on
work he figures only a living prolllt
without any effort or Inclination to
cinch his customers and anyone having
plumbing to do will do well to have
him figure on tho Job.
Both Were Fined.
Mrs. A. Clark and Baldwin, tho two
who appeared In the Police Court yes
terday forenoon on the charge of adul
tery, appeared before Judge Wilcox
this forenoon for sentence, The man
was fined $30 and costs and the woman
$10 and costs. Joe Clark will soon
bring In proceccdlngs for a divorce
from his wife.
Special attention Is called to tho dis
play ot toys and Xmas goods at L. B
Kerr & Co.'s. A full line Is In stock
and of the very finest.
iip f me
IT WILL PLAY IMPORTANT
PART IN OUR MARKET
Albion Delivered Goods to New Meat
Market In First Olass Condition
Brings Us in Close
Touch With Coast.
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The question of ' hsndllng largo
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consignments of food supplies and
transporting the same to the ports of
tho world Is certainly an Interesting
subject. Today the business has reached
enormous proportions, and In many
cases the ocean steamers arc equipped
with refrigerating plants to enable
them to do a freighting In frozen
meats. Others, for the purpose of car
rying the refrigerated meats, etc. re
quired for dally consumption. Most cf
the plants Include an Ice-making ap
paratus to make dally tho quantity of
Ico required for the use of passengers.
In the Installation of these cold stor
age plants on shfnhoard they must be
specially constructed nnd arranged so
that they will occupy as little room ns
possible, and to suit many conditions
of operation that nre met with only on
shipboard, which nre usually sevnto
and trying If the run of the ship U
through or to tropical ports. The
United States Government realizing
the untold benefits hate supplied the
entire Philippine transport service wll.i
refrigerating nnd Ice-making plants.
Within the past few years the regular
lines of steamers to this port havo car
ried more or less perishable goods In
cold storage', but the Increase ot tho
population has justified the putting on
of several lines ot cold'storage steam
era of large carrying capacity.
The Kimball Steamship Company of
San Francisco Jias inaugurated a line
of cold storage steamers, one of which,
the Albion, left here last night after
having discharged her cargo ot fish,
flesh and fowl. The Albion has been
equipped, with the Vulcan Ice Machin
ery Company's direct expansion cold
storage system consisting of four small
Independent plants which can ' be
worked singly or as a whole in any
part of the vessel and capable of car
rying any temperature. It will be Im
possible to go Into the mechanical sltto
of th eAlblon's refrigerating plant, but
It will suffice to say that the entlro
cargo of cold storage goods which were
consigned to the Honolulu Market Co..
Ltd., came out In excellent condition.
In conversation with F. H. Chewy
who has charge of the refrigerating
machinery on the Albion, he had this
to say: "I came to Honolulu In chare.e
of the cold storage plant of tho Albion
for the Vulcan Iron Works In Sa.i
Francisco who are extensive builders ot
refrigerating and Ice making machin
ery. You may state that tho food sup
plies consigned to your local market
came out of cold storage In excellent
shape. Regarding the temperature of
the cold storage rooms I will state that
beef Is kept nt 20 degrees, eggs 32 de
grees and beer about -10 degrees and i
on. Hereafter we will make more rapid
progress In discharging our cold stor
age supplies the delay being due to tho
fact that It could not Immediately he.
taken care of and so remained In the
steamer's cold storage."
'Captain Erlckson. who Is In com
mand of the steamer Albion Is well
known among shipping circles, while
Engineer S. W. Orlffiths Is the right
man In the right place.
TERRITORIAL COURTS
J. A. Magoon. administrator of the es
tate of Allna with the will annexed,
reports having received 13019.10 an I
inald $3043.54. leaving a balance if
$5.56. Two days previous to hta filing
of the accounts, Ahsu Thlna, daughter
of deceased and one, of the legatees,
filed a motion to compel him to do so.
Answers nnd demurrers are dropping
In, at an avcrago of two or three a day,
In the different lawsuits wherein the
Palawal Development Co. Is Involved.
Chief Justice Frear and Justice Per
ry sat again long enough to adjourn tor
another day In hope of the steamer
Sierra's arrival meantime with the oth
er member of the Supreme Court, Jus
tice Oalbratth.
Noblltt Cases Nolle Pros'd.
Dr. Noblltt appeared in the Police
Court this forenoon on tho charge of
practicing medicine without a license.
In view of the 'fact that tho defendant
was discharged in the Circuit Court on
the appealed case which was tried In
the Police Court n short tlmo ago, the
prosecution felt Justified in asking for
a nolle prosequi. Dr. Noblltt has neter
been found guilty of tho charge of
practicing rnedlclno without a llccnso.
John Wljlcock, native of England,
and Edward W. Nunes, of Dutch Oul
ann, were naturalized" by Judgo Estee
this morning,
u mi .
I HOT 08
Jury Finished Delibera
tions at 10 p. m.
Last Night,
SCINEIKR CASE STILL '
"' UNKRCONSIKRATIQN
Major Ennis Testifies to Bennett's
Good CharacterContradictory
Statements of Soldiers
and Ottman.
At 10 o'clock last night, the Coro
ner's jury In the case of the death of
Dennett, the scout, returned a irII:t
of death by suicide, the exact jtordlug
of which Is as follows: .
"That the said Frank P. TJennett
came to his death at Honolulu; Island
of Oahu. on the Hth dajs of December,
A. D. 1900, from a gunshot wound
caused by a bullet dlschargcd'out of a
revolver held In his own hand with
suicidal Intent." r
In the case of the death of' MI11
Clara Schneider, tho Jury found a mo-e
complex question to deal with. It was
midnight before this body finished Its
deliberations nnd even then, tho'Wm
hers refused to hand In a verdict, say
ing that they wished more evident".
This being tho state of affairs, there
was nothing more, to do but to adjourn
until today, tho Coroner setting the
lime of coming together again at 12
noon.
The first witness called to the stand
In the Schneider case was Dr. Shorey,
the chemist bt the Board ot Health,
His testimony dealt entirely with cer
tain white specks which had been
found on the shawl of the deceased
when she was discovered at thV point
of death. It was thought by some of
the Jurymen that the specks were mor
phine but Dr. Shorey exploded this
theory by saying that he had found a
lot ot lime In them and that he be
llced them to be whitewash. Most cf
the spots appeared to have been rub
bed Into the shawl as If ngalnst n fence
or something of tho kind.
II. M. Barnard, tho physician and
surgeon at Camp McKlnley, testified to
the reliability and integrity of the dead
scout, lie did not believe that Bennett
had ever used morphine. No call had
ever been made on him for the drug.
Ho knew of a wound In the region of
the head and he also knew that the de
ceased was troubled with Insomnia. Dr.
Barnard said that the scout was tho
most abstemious man in all ways that
he had ever known. He was strictly
temperate and his mind never ran.tn
women. At the camp, he was regarded
as being every Inch a gentleman.
In regard to money matters. Dr. Bar
nard said the scout had told him he
had borrowed money to assist In the
payment of the expenses of the wife of
a friend nt the hospital. This womsn
tho doctor said he believed to be Mis.
Ottmahn. W. M. Campbell testified to
being acquainted with tho deceased.
At one time she lot him have $300 tn
Invest and about three weeks after'
wards, asked to have the money back
as Bho had a chance to give it to an
other friend who would put It out at u
better rate of Interest. Ho gave her
back the money Immediately.
Major William Ennls. In charge at
Camp McKlnley. told ttie following
story of his association with Scout Ben
nett nnd what he knew of him from
others:
"I have known Mr. Bennett slnto
February last, and have been In Inti
mate association with him. He was
not a drinking man, and never to my
knowledge, or'to the knowledge of any
one I ever heard .apeak of him, took a
drink of Intoxicating liquor, except on
one occasion, when ho had been badly
injured by a horse he had been riding,
and I Induced him to take a drink of
whiskey. He was a man of fearlesi
couracc. as history wilt tell. Ills scout
(Continued on page 3.)
The'Orpheum.
Tho program Is entirely changed thU
evening nt tho Orpheum, a new farco
goes on, wmctt is a laugu manor va
cillated to discount anything up to date.
Tho olio bill will bo fresh throughout.
The Saturday matlnco program has
been arranged to suit the tastes of tho
little ones. Mttlo Claire Fcx of courso
Is the main attraction but the rest uf
the bill will be light In character, plen
ty of bright singing and laugh makln.
The 8unday concert, which Is bolng
given with the sanction and approval
of the authorities has been vigorously
rehearsed untlt the result will bo a
first claBs mimical treat for the public,
Tho selections aro all from tho first
composers and their oratorios and
operas. There Is hot a memlxr of the,
orrhestts who Is nut rapnble f ol)
work and undr the direction of Paul)
Ksry the result should be must satis
fartory Paul hlmtelf nt course has a J
solo chosen from II Trmatnre. Ml-
1.0 Claire slum the Ate Maria an I
Kurkatnp renders a selection from thei
oratorio of I'lljnh. .Miss Raymond
should furnish a tnat In Hrliubert's
feretiade nnd the sextette Is sure to be
good The concert Is undoubtedly in
opportunity of hearing good music by
good musicians at a cost of nothing,
except to the management. Smoking
will be prohibited at these concerts.
Still Born Inlnnt.
The body of a still born Infant, na
tionality unknown, was found near the
sewer outfall at Kakaako esterd.iy af
ternoon by L. ,0. Wallace, the rhlef
engineer of tho sewer system, The
corpse was lying between two piles and
It la thought must have been washed In
from outside. Captain Pox of the
Mounted Patrol, saw that the body
was removed to the morgue, where an
autopsy was held by Dr. Pratt, A Cor
oner's jury was summoned and, after
viewing the body and hearing the evi
dence, a verdict was returned to ths
effect that the male child, nationality
unknown, died about December 17, be
ing still born.
IIH (KB Hill
JAPANESE THROWN UNDER
WHEEL OF A HEAVY DRAY
Was Riding Along on a Bicycle
Scene of His uborsLife
Did Not Last '
Long.
to
There was a fatal accident on King
street Just outside ot the Territorial
Stables this morning at a little after 7
o'clock, Tho result was the death of a
Japaneso palnter.hTaglnana by nam:,
who was on-irhrway from -his shop mi
Punchbowl street, opposite Kawalahin
church, to a house on the Plains which
be was painting.
One of Hustace'a drays was Just com
ing In from the stables out on Snutu
street as the Japanese wns riding out
The street at the point mentioned Is
being macadamized on Its mauka stdj
hnd the drher of the dray found It
necessary to take to the left hand si le
of the street. In order to allow other
vehicles room to pass, he went ve-y
close to tho tram car track.
Taglnana saw ho had plenty of
room to pass by and so did not slow
up. Ho had passed the horses and wai
nbout clear of tho front wheel of tha
dray when the front wheel of his bi
cycle struck a stone In the street. Th
poor fellow was thrown directly be
tween the front and back wheels an.l
beforo tho driver of the dray knew
whnt had happened the back wheel had
passed diagonally across the body of
the Japanese from the letf to tho shoul
der. The wheel missed tho head but
the condition of the body was enough
to show that life could not last verv
long.
The patrol wagon was sent for an J
the Injured man taken to the hosplttl.
Upon examination there. It was found
that there was no hope. The poor fel
low died In a very few minutes. Tho
wheel, In passing over the body had
crushed vital parts, making internal
Injuries that were sure to cause death.
A Coroner's Jury has been summonel
and the case will be considered this af
ternoon. The work of the Coroners
juries seema to show no signs bf fall
ing off. There baa been a continual
demand for the services of these bodies
of men for over a week past.
An Assault Case.
The case of C. J. Smith, charged with
assault and battery on Cleorgo Sea, n
special police officer, was called In the
Police Court this forenoon1 but was
nollo pros'd because the complaining
witness did not desire to push the caie,
It appears that Smith and a friend
got Into trouble In an uptown saloon
and Sea. hearing tho noise, went Into
separate the contestants. Ho caught
hold of Smith and the latter Immedl
ately ceased the attack upon his friend
and started In on tho officer. Sea thn
took his man to tho police station.
Suit for Partition.
Elizabeth II. Iloblnson has brought
Bult against Isaac J. Robinson for tho
partition of a certain piece ot land hi
that section of the city known ns Ni
mauu. Tho complainant claims ono
half of the property In too simple anj
states that the defendant la entitled to
tho othor half. The defendant is now
at Kalaupapa, Molokal. J, A. Magoin
Is the attorney for the complainant.
A completo new Btock of shoes ha
been received at L. Ii. Kerr & Co.'r
ehoe store, corner Fort and Hotei
ttrects and will bo sold at the mcref.'
shaving of profits. x
WAS UNKNOWN HANI)
THAT ADMINISTERED THE
roiSON TO MISS SCHNEIDER
Verdict of Coroner's Jury Rendered at
2 p. m. Today Medicine Chest
That Did Not
Materialize.
The Jury In the case of the death of
Clara Schneider at Walktkl handed In
Its terdlcl at 3 p. m. today after a short
session. The session was called for 12
noon but there was a delay on Ing to a
trip of the Coroner to Walklkl after a
medicine chest It was alleged was at
the Neumann place. Nothing of th
kind was found. The Jury rendered
the following verdict.
That tho said Miss Clara Schneider
came to her death at Walktkl. In the
District of Honolulu, Island of Oahu.
on the 12th day of December, A. 1).
1900, from morphine poisoning, said
morphine having been administered by
some person to this Jury unknown.
(Signed.) WM. M. MUl.I.EU.
W. B. AI.LKN.
W. II. NOTT.
It. A. JUEN.
H, K. MOSSMAN.
It'. F DALY.
This means, of course, that the jury
has absolutely no evidence as to how
the morphine was administered to the
deceased. She may have taken It her
self nnd It may havo been given hetj ,
THE THOUSANDS INVOLVED
Judge Sllllman. when regularly on
the Circuit Court bench, gave the ori
ginal decision, which the Supreme
Court upheld, In favor of the owners of
the barkentlne William Carson against
the steamer Claudlne and her owners
for the value of the, destroyed vessel.
The Judgment amounted to about $55,
000. Judge Hstee's decision In the Fed
eral court decrees an aggregate ot $10.-
212 80 to be paid tho captain of the
William Carson'and the assignee of the
owners ot the cargo, with Intereat
which will bring the amount up to
nearly $11,000. The Wllders are en
deavoring to get tho Federal appellate
courts of the ninth district to take Ju
risdiction In an appeal from the Terri
torial courts, and havo announced their
Intention of tnking nn appeal from the
Federal court here for which the Juris
diction Is undoubted. If the appellate
court decline to tnke Jurisdiction of the
case from the Territorial courts, the
Wilder Steamship Co. will have tr,
nbldc by tho latter's final decision. Oth
erwise, the Court of Appeals for the
Ninth U. S. Circuit will probably hear
all three cases together, which Involve
nn aggregate of $66,000 to tho appel
lants, besides costs nnd attorney's few.
It will be ono year on December 27
since tho collision happened.
ORPHEUM SUNDAY CONCERT.
The following Is the program for the
sacred concert to be given at tho Or
pheum on Sunday evening.
PABT I.
March Gloria Mozart
Overture Semlramldo Rossini
Soprano Solo Avo Maria . .Mascagnl
Miss Le Claire.
Violin Solo II Trovatore Verdi
Mr. Paul Egry.
PAB.T II.
Selection Tannhauscr Wagner
Tenor Solo Elijah Mendelssoin
Mr, John Kurkamp,
Cornet Solo Serenade Schubett
Miss Aflce Uaymond.
Sextette Lucia dl Lammermoor..
Donlzet'l
Miss Le Claire, Mrs. Cahcn, Messrs.
Kurkamp, Ilockwell. Melvln,
Adams.
Finale Coronation Meyerbeer
The committee onthe plan of action
named by tho Republican Charter con
mission has had several Important
meetings to preparo ita report for ttv
night. Tho general schonio Is Bald to
favor putting tho charto In the hands
of a sub-commltco which shall report
each week to tho central body for more
thorough discussion. The genertl
commlttco will havo a session tonight
to act upon such suggestions as may
bo brought before It.
At 1:16 o'clock this afternoon, n war
rant was Issued for the arrest of tho
following Chinamen on the chargo bf
assault and battery on Charles Los
Long, n well known Chinaman nbout
town: Lau Sec, Pang Chong, Pun Nap),
Ah Kun, Choy Look and Lura I.al.
A dainty piece ot lacquerware or
some odd-loklng Japanese curio would
mako an excellent Christmas present.
For sale by Iwakaml, Hotel street,
THE WATERMAN IDEAL FOUN
TAIN PEN. All sizes, all shapes. H
T. WICIIMAN.
iHl :::
HILW
Registry of Conveyances
Will Adopt Card '
System.
MASSACHUSETTS EXPERT
IN CHARGE OF WHK,
'i
Searching of Records to be & Matter
of Minutes Instead of Days
and Hours as
Now.
Thomas O. Thrum, Registrar of
Conteances, Is preparing to Introduce
a new method of Indexing. ,H will be
more than a change. It will amount to
a revolution In saving of time and trou-.
Iile, Tho can) catalogue system la to
be adopted.
Charles II. Merrlam, for seven yean
before coming here assistant registrar
at Kltcbburg, Mass., has the work of
Inaugurating the method In hand. To
a Bulletin Reporter Mr. Merrlam mvte
the following explanatory statement:
"A classified card Index will be
started tho first of tho year, which will
make a classification ot Instruments
as they are received, and which will
keep tholndexea In a classified form up
to date.
"The system to bo used Is that
patented by tho Library Bureau C6ta
panof Boston1. Mass. It is the system
that'-ls In use fa most Eastern regli
irles and quite similar to that used In
many public libraries."
Mr. Merrlam showed tho reporter
cuts of the drawers containing cards
employed In tho system. Ther.e Is t
label on the front of the drawer beir-
lng a family name, such as Brown, aad
a protruding tag on tho card ahowa IM
name preceded by the given name or
Initials ot the Individual. Mr. Merrlam
continued:
"There will be two rases containing:
each twenty-four card drawers, pub'l
reiercnco io wnicn cuu ue umuv .
time. Tho cases will bo filled as"fa
as tho Instruments for which the can's
aro mado are completed."
Mr. Thrum. In answer to a question,
said:
"This starts with the new year. We
shall reduco the old Indexes to the card
system provided the Legislature be
fatorable, What we aim at Is to put
the wholo system Inlohe dictionary
method. Every man's transactions re
corded will nppear In consecutive en
tries. Mr. Merrlam further explained.
"This s) stem when completed 'will give
ench person's conveyances for the pe
riod In which tho Index Is made In ab
solutely consecutive order, no other
person's conveyances being entered In "V
that space. As soon aa people get
used to the card system they will not
refer to tho books of Index at all." "
Anybody who has ever watched the J
labors ot searchers of records. In heft
ing ponderous Indexes about, will real- (
lze the saving of their time and that of
the clerks, not to mention wear and
tear of the expensive books which Is
lnolved In the latter promise. Mr.
Thrum put the matter pithily when he
remarked, "Instead ot days and hours
In searching. It will be a matter of minutes."
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